Notre-Dame Abbatial Church - Abbey of Bernay

Religious buildings

Built between 1013 and 1050 by the monk and builder, William of Volpiano, this abbey encouraged the rise of Romanesque architecture in Normandy. Over the centuries, the building has suffered from a fire, the hundred Years' War, the 16th century peasants' revolt, etc.
Unusually high for its time, it spreads over three floors. You will be amazed by the quality of the carvings on the capitals: human masks, foliate heads, monsters with human heads, geometrical designs and leaves, etc.